Ecumenical Ministries

What Ecumenical Ministries does

Ecumenical Ministries of Baldwin County is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1969 that delivers a portfolio of social services to low-income and vulnerable residents across Baldwin County, Alabama, operating from two offices located in Fairhope (Eastern Shore) and Foley (South Baldwin). Its core programs include Emergency Aid (direct financial and material assistance reaching 3,264+ individuals annually), Repair Baldwin (volunteer-driven home rehabilitation that has completed 900+ repairs and invested $1.7M+ since 2014), Meals on Wheels (30,000+ hot meals delivered annually), Food Pantries (29,000+ meals distributed annually), the Gleaning Program (food recovery), Christmas Sharing (serving 750+ children and 110+ elderly), Emmy's Thrift Shop (retail fundraising), and ACT II (a community development initiative that has generated $41M+ in measured community impact over approximately 25 years and paved 300+ miles of rural dirt roads). The organization is staffed by 15-20 employees and operates with a volunteer-intensive service delivery model.

The organization's business model is a hybrid of charitable fundraising and earned revenue. Revenue is sourced from individual donations, institutional grants (including Impact 100, Baldwin EMC, Snook Foundation, and H.G. Foundation), promissory notes, and thrift shop retail income. Programs are delivered primarily through volunteer labor with a small salaried staff providing coordination, case management, and program oversight. The addressable market is defined by approximately 4,000 homes in need of repair and 24,000+ residents in poverty within Baldwin County.

The organization has no proprietary technology platform and no disclosed AI or digital automation capabilities. Service delivery is fundamentally human- and relationship-driven, with logistics (meal delivery, home repair site mobilization, thrift shop retail) coordinated through conventional operational workflows rather than software-driven systems.

Name

Ecumenical Ministries

Legal name

Ecumenical Ministries Inc.

Website

https://baldwinemi.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ecumenical Ministries is a Baldwin County, Alabama 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides emergency aid, home repair, meal delivery, and community development services to low-income residents across two offices staffed by 15-20 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (624210), Religious Organizations (81311)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAJAG

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Religious & Faith-Based Organizations

SECONDARYBPAGAFAB

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Civil Rights, Advocacy & Public Policy Organizations

SECONDARYBPADAHAI

Integration & Inclusion Services (Housing, Education, Employment)

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Refugee, Migration & Displacement Services

Keywords

• Social services nonprofit
• Emergency assistance programs
• Community development
• Food pantry services
• Home repair assistance

Headquarters

HQ city

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HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: Funding received through grants, individual donations, churches, and organizations. Major funders include Impact 100 of Baldwin County, Baldwin EMC Operation Round-Up, Snook Foundation, and The H.G. Foundation.
2. Thrift Shop Revenue: Emmy's Thrift Shop generates revenue from sale of donated goods. Profits support EMI's social service programs.
3. Promissory Notes: Homeowners participating in Repair Baldwin contribute through promissory notes tailored to their budget. Approximately $100,000 has been returned to the program through this mechanism.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ecumenical Ministries (EMI) is a non-denominational comprehensive social service agency providing emergency aid, food assistance, home repairs, meals on wheels, community development, and thrift shop services to low-income families and individuals in Baldwin County, Alabama. Programs address both urgent material needs and the systemic causes of poverty through church-based partnerships and volunteer networks.

Product overview

Ecumenical Ministries operates as a non-denominational social service agency offering a portfolio of interconnected programs to address urgent needs and long-term stability for low-income families in Baldwin County. The core services include Emergency Aid for immediate financial hardship, Food Pantries supplemented by a Gleaning Program for fresh produce, Repair Baldwin for critical home repairs, Meals on Wheels for homebound seniors, ACT II for community development and systemic change, Christmas Sharing for holiday assistance, and Emmy's Thrift Shop which generates revenue to fund all programs. The programs work together to provide both emergency relief and pathways to self-sufficiency.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Emmy's Thrift Shop: A thrift store located at 564 Fairhope Ave that sells gently used clothing, home goods, and electronics. The profit supports EMI's social service programs. Also operates Emmy's Boutique during renovations.
• ACT II
• Repair Baldwin
• Christmas Sharing

Products and services

• Emergency Aid
• Repair Baldwin
• Meals on Wheels
• ACT II (All Churches Together)
• Christmas Sharing
• Emmy's Thrift Shop
• Food Pantries
• Gleaning Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 900+ homes repaired since 2014, with more than $1.7 million invested in repairs
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Baldwin County Homebuilders AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides funding and skilled labor support for Repair Baldwin projects. Helped fund the 600th repair project milestone.
• City of FoleyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal partner supporting Repair Baldwin program initiatives in the South Baldwin area.
• Point Clear RotaryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerService club providing volunteer support and funding for Repair Baldwin initiatives.
• Holy Spirit Thrift Shop, Gulf ShoresminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner thrift shop collaboration in the Repair Baldwin supporter network.
• Baldwin County Path to Peace MovementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEMI/ACT II is a formative partner in the Path to Peace Movement, a race reconciliation initiative working across racial lines through church partnerships.
• Local ChurchescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExtensive network of churches providing funding, volunteers, food pantry supplies, and community outreach support across Baldwin County.
• Eastern Shore Baptist ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVolunteer group from Eastern Shore Baptist constructed the 600th repair project wheelchair ramp in Summerdale.
• Eastern Shore Chamber of CommerceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHosted ribbon cutting ceremony for Emmy's Grand Re-opening in August 2024.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Goodwill Industries of the Gulf Coast: Goodwill operates thrift retail stores that fund mission programs serving low-income and disabled populations across the Gulf Coast, paralleling Emmy's Thrift Shop's social-enterprise model in adjacent Alabama/Mississippi markets.
• Salvation Army of Coastal Alabama: Salvation Army operates emergency assistance, food, and thrift programs across the Gulf Coast region of Alabama, offering directly comparable services (utility/rent assistance, food pantries, thrift retail) to similar low-income clientele.
• Christian Service Center - Gulf Shores: Christian Service Center in Gulf Shores is listed as a Repair Baldwin application site, indicating it provides overlapping emergency assistance and food aid to low-income residents in the same South Baldwin service area.
• United Way of Baldwin County: United Way of Baldwin County is a local funder and partner of EMI that coordinates social services funding across the same geography and serves overlapping low-income populations in Baldwin County, Alabama.
• Meals on Wheels America (national affiliate programs): EMI's Meals on Wheels program is part of the broader Meals on Wheels network delivering hot meals to homebound seniors; comparable local Meals on Wheels affiliates run similar five-day weekly home delivery programs to overlapping elderly/disabled populations.
• Catholic Social Services of Baldwin County: Catholic Social Services operates a Robertsdale office that is listed as a Repair Baldwin application site, providing overlapping emergency assistance and social services to low-income families in the same Baldwin County service area.
• Community Action Agency of Baldwin County (Bay Area): Bay Area CSAA and similar Community Action Agencies administer federal anti-poverty programs (LIHEAP, weatherization, emergency aid) for low-income residents in the same Alabama coastal region, directly overlapping EMI's emergency aid and home repair target population.
• Habitat for Humanity of Baldwin County: Habitat for Humanity of Baldwin County addresses substandard housing for low-income families in the same geography; Repair Baldwin is described as having helped bring several housing programs together, indicating close programmatic overlap.

Broad incumbents

• Volunteers of America Southeast: Volunteers of America is a national faith-affiliated nonprofit providing a broader portfolio of social services (housing, hunger, reentry) across the Southeast; larger in scale but operating comparable emergency aid and community programs in overlapping geographies.

Regional players

• Alabama Possible (formerly Alabama Poverty Project): Alabama Possible is a statewide nonprofit addressing systemic poverty and economic opportunity in Alabama, comparable to ACT II's community development and systemic advocacy mission but operating at state rather than county level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BaldwinEMI
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ecumenical-ministries

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Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

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